Producer Gianni Nunnari had nourished a passion for the Battle of Thermopylae since his youth. However, the story was already in development under director Michael Mann as Gates of Fire. Nunnari discovered Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 and decided that it could serve as the basis for a film. He acquired the rights to the novel from Miller. By May 2003, the project was being produced by Nunnari and Mark Canton, while Michael B. Gordon had completed a second draft of 300 that was 121 pages long. In June 2004, director Zack Snyder, previously known for Dawn of the Dead, was hired to direct the film. Snyder, who had already attempted to make a film on the basis of Miller's novel, worked with screenwriter Kurt Johnstad to rewrite Gordon's script for production. Miller was attached to the project as executive producer and consultant.

Originally Posted By BETTY_HAZE

they even found a way for talking shit and put their little morality about homosexuality...when they make reference in a negative way to athene and say something like:
aaarr little boys lovers..

Originally Posted By SCREWHEAD